Operation Canned Heat

Operation Canned Heat was a military operation of the Iraq War executed by the US Marine Corps in 2007. The operation came after President George W. Bush ordered a surge of US soldiers into Iraq, and they set out to eliminate the last pockets of resistance around the city of Baghdad, including the al-Qaeda in Iraq-held town of Buhriz in Diyala Governorate. In the ensuing battle, Iraqi insurgents succeeded in holding back the Marines, with Iraqi snipers picking off marines from under the bombed-out bridge connecting the town to the highway. The battle saw fierce fighting as the insurgents succeeded in preventing the Americans from establishing any long-term presence in the town itself, and the Americans were unable to capture Buhriz from al-Qaeda.